No. 7 Arkansas hosts the NCAA South Central Region meet at Agri Park on Friday and the Razorbacks compete over a 10,000m distance with a start time of 11:30 a.m. Arkansas has claimed 39 South Central team titles dating back 1976.
Arkansas sophomore Patrick Kiprop bettered the NCAA South Central Region field with a winning time of 30 minutes, 4.9 seconds, over a 10,000m distance Friday morning on the Dale Watts Course.
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No, not the basketball tournament. I’m talking about running, and the craziest weekend of NCAA action the sport has ever seen. Friday and Saturday, we’ve got the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. And after waiting 16 months for an NCAA Championships, how long do we have to wait for the next one? One day. That’s right the NCAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Monday in Stillwater, Okla.
The proximity of the two meets has, predictably, led to chaos. Some schools (NAU, Stanford) are going all-in on cross country. Some schools are going all-in on track (Oregon, Texas). And some schools (Arkansas, NC State), are trying to do both.